Chapter 2: A Chinese Ghost Story 2 (4/4)
As we all know, in addition to its own qualifications, the mixed entertainment industry must also have good resources!
The so-called small fire relies on fighting, and the big fire is favored, of course, if you want to mix into a big power, you have to depend on your fate!
Hong Huang once said, "In China, in any era, the famous family is different from the common people, because we do not accept the so-called universal values, we do not believe in equality, so the famous family is all, I am born with opportunities, social relations, and the probability of success is higher than that of ordinary people, I don't know how many times." ”
This sounds unpleasant, but it is true.
For example, Sun Bijuan starred in his first TV series "The Sea is Wide and the Sky is High" at the age of seven. The production specifications of this drama are very high, and it is jointly produced by the Film and Television Department of CCTV, the Propaganda Department of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, the Working Committee of the Free Trade Zone of the Development Zone of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, and the Tianjin Television Station.
Dong Ziqiang, the director who directed this drama at that time, is now a first-class director of the TV drama production center of Tianjin TV.
Maybe Sun Bijuan is too cute, and it didn't take long for Director Dong to let her play a small role in her famous work "Secret Order 1949" - this drama was also funded and produced by Jinmen TV.
Then, Sun Bijuan went to the capital to study.
Playing the role of "Director Dong" is Producer Li.
Producer Li, whose real name is Li Gongda, is a CCTV gold medal producer, a national first-class screenwriter, and is currently the deputy director of the Literature Department of CCTV's China TV Drama Production Center.
He and Wang Shuo were disciples of the same period in the big courtyard, and they were also the first writers to be electrocuted to make TV series. He wrote the first draft of the famous script of "Beijinger in New York" at that time.
All the film and television works that Sun Bijuan took over in Yanjing have Producer Li behind them.
The first work is the public welfare film "You Are an Angel", in which she plays the heroine Xiaohua.
The investor of this drama is a newly established company called Duomai Film and Television, and the boss is Wang Jianfeng, director of the Northern Executive Center of the Ministry of Commerce, who has a deep personal relationship with Producer Li.
The director of this film was Zheng Xiao, a director who had just graduated from college at the time.
So far, Zheng Xiao has directed a total of three works, namely the movie "You Are an Angel", "Los Angeles Trick or Treat Project" and the web series "Tongue Harm", they have an intersection: the heroine is Sun Bijuan.
By the way, Sun Bijuan later changed her name to Song Zuer!
The second work is "The Prequel of Baolian Lantern" with Producer Li.
"Baolian Lantern" is the proud work of Producer Lee, which once set a peak rating of 9.1%.
"Prequel" is its sequel, and the main creators are almost all the original cast. It's just that "Nezha" was replaced by Sun Bijuan to act, which was selected by Producer Li.
Then, Sun Bijuan starred in two more TV series, and then disappeared from the showbiz, she said that she had to study hard first.
It is said that 'which girl doesn't want to live like Ouyang Nana', I think it should be changed, look at our sister Juan, if you want to enter the film industry, you can enter the film industry!
In 2016, Sun Bijuan made a comeback to become the heroine of "Los Angeles Trick or Treat" directed by Zheng Xiao, partnering with former actor Xia Yu...
Uh, mention Xia Yu, in those years, our actor was the "background wall" of the little flowers, and the little flowers in the Beijing circle looked for him to accompany him.
"Los Angeles Trick or Treat Project", knowing that there are no big names to support the box office, there are still 10 investors who are happy to pay, including big guys like China Film Group and Fosun Enterprises.
It's not over yet, taking the "plane" sent by director Zheng Xiao, the little star who has changed his name to Song Zuer has finally crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and landed on the land of China, and the person who "picks up" is not simple, Zhou Yanxi, the boss of Xitian Film and Television, is currently one of the strongest artist groups in China.
As soon as she entered Xitian, Zhou Yanxi first arranged for her to attend the Weibo night of that year with "First Brother" Wu Xiubo, and then transferred the two propagandists who were originally in charge of the "Crown Princess" Zhang Caoai to Zhang Luo for her...
Subsequently, various resources also followed, such as the popular variety show "Flowers and Youth", "Let's Run", the popular TV series "Our Boyhood", "Tongue Damage", "Night Tianzi", "Kyushu Ethereal Record"...
With such good resources and opportunities, compared to that "Beijing Circle Gege", our Zuer is the real Gege!
Someone feeds the cake, and it grows up very quickly!
Stepping on a horse, another half chapter of water ...
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"She is the next object of our company's support, isn't there four little flowers now, only Xu Yan was selected in our company, everyone is very dissatisfied!"
The selection of "Four Little Flowers" was made by "Southern Weekly".
They pick a round every few years, presumably to prove their presence!
Of course, the impact and actual economic benefits of this selection are not bad...
"A lot of your fans will talk about your scandal, do you know about it?"
“… They probably care about why I'm still single!"
Smiling, Zhang Junsheng replied indifferently: "Actually, I didn't think about this issue, many scandals are groundless." ”
"I am a director, but also a producer, what I do is many times in the selection of actors, the selection of actors will not be selected because of their looks, but the actors must match the role, in the entertainment industry, there are too many beautiful actresses, and they are single, so many times, there will be scandals!"
"Actually, I really don't think they are beautiful, I appreciate girls with intellectual and connotation more!"
I couldn't help it, I pretended to be a force...
In fact, Zeng Li, Li Yuanyuan or Xu Yan look good in intellectual uniforms...
After chatting about the same, Fang Yiming was about to ask a little deep: "We often say that the fifth generation has the blood of the Yellow River flowing in its bones, but the sixth generation is a generation in the cracks, what type do you think your movies belong to?"
"It's what the audience likes, it's more entertaining!"
"Then what do you think is the most fundamental factor for the box office success of the two movies "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "Crazy Stone"?"
"There's a great story, and as a commercial film, the story is crucial, and there's another point that the film has to be grounded. In fact, these two are the most important things in commercial films!"
"Down-to-earth?"
"To be grounded is to have a sense of realism. There is a sense of intimacy. There are details of life, which can resonate with the audience. After a pause, Zhang Junsheng continued: "Actually, when "A Chinese Ghost Story" was released, I didn't dare to watch the box office, it was my assistant who told me about the box office results, and my biggest impression is that Chinese audiences love to watch movies and are willing to go to the cinema to watch movies!"
"Since then, I have been more determined to make a choice, the film should be entertaining, interesting, and talk about art on the basis of entertainment. I believe that as long as the directors make interesting stories and wonderful stories, more and more audiences will enter the movie, and Chinese films will become more and more prosperous!"
Fang Yiming nodded, wrote down the last stroke on the notebook, and then looked up: "Last question, I heard that "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" is about to be released, I don't know if you have any expectations for the box office?"
"Uh... Then set a small goal. Zhang Junsheng groaned, then raised his head and raised four fingers, "Four hundred million!"
“… Four hundred million?"
Fang Yiming paused for a moment, a small goal of 400 million?
Nima, are you going to blow up?
"I'm not bragging, "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" has been released in North America for three days, and the box office in the first weekend was 58 million US dollars, more than the first one, the North American market is so powerful, our Chinese market can't lag behind!"
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There are not many movies on the main prosecution side of Universal this year, but "Scorpion King 2" and "Flame Hero: Golden Army", which have invested great energy, failed at the box office, and it is impossible to give it to people in the summer, so it simply threw the completed "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" into the market...
Don't expect to snipe the already definite "Batman: The Dark Knight", just bite off a piece of meat!
After all, "The Dark Knight" has brought a hot summer file, and Universal also wants a piece of the pie...
It's okay, the box office results of the first three days of the weekend have already reached the production level line, and the box office profit is already predictable.
is different from the overwhelming publicity in the past, the publicity of "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" is very low-key, and only Xu Yan and Zhou Xing are arranged to appear in a few variety shows.
However, the big hit of "A Chinese Ghost Story 2" is a foregone conclusion, Yu Dong doesn't know what to think, and he actually offers a buyout price of 120 million to release "A Chinese Ghost Story 2"...
The brain will be in the water to hand over this kind of series to other companies for distribution, and 120 million did not meet Yuehua's expectations at all...
Zhang Junsheng said 400 million, it's really no joke.
Of course, the impact of the Olympic Games will definitely affect the box office, but as long as the piracy is controlled, I believe that breaking the record of "Titanic" will not be a problem!
At the end of the interview with Southern Weekly, Zhang Junsheng led a team of negotiators to France, where the acquisition of a European publishing company was imperative...